Eastman School of Music Faculty Artists Featured in Recitals Throughout the Year

The Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series, supported by Patricia Ward-Baker, kicks off the 2015-2016 season with five straight days of recitals beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1. Held in the School’s acoustically superb Hatch Recital and Kilbourn Halls, the series will feature 30 of the School’s renowned artist teachers, performers, and composers. The recitals give…

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17-Year-Old Virtuoso from Silver Spring, Maryland, Wins Tops Prize in Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition

ROCHESTER, N.Y.– Brian Le, 17, of Silver Spring, Md,, was awarded first prize in the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition Saturday, July 18, following a stellar performance of the first movement Allegro maestoso of Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 in E Minor with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Neil Varon. As the top winner…

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Eastman Piano Competition Finalists Headed for Deciding Round with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

After three rounds of intense competition, five finalists were selected Thursday night, July 16, from the field of 22 musical virtuosos in the 2015 Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition. They will perform the final round — a movement of a concerto —  with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, under Eastman School of Music conductor Neil…

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New Book by Eastman School Professor Explores Images of World Cultures in Western Music

As Europeans explored distant lands and settled new continents from the 1500s to around 1800, their impressions of foreign cultures were reflected in the performing arts, notably those involving music. Depictions of Middle Eastern harem women, Incan priests, fortune-telling Gypsies (Roma), and other inhabitants of exotic locales often reveal a mixture of attraction to the…

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Top Young Pianists From Around the Globe Will Compete at Eastman School of Music

PLEASE NOTE: Two of the competitors were unable to attend. The release below has been updated to reflect the changes. Twenty-two of the world’s top teen-aged pianists will vie for prizes in the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition next month. The week-long event of adjudicated performances, master classes, and recitals by award-winning guest artists—all…

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